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Compound Nucleus Theory

Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1936

Niels Bohr1936

Copenhagen · Science / Physics

Develops the compound-nucleus picture used to understand neutron capture and nuclear reactions.

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Niels Bohr

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